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What It Takes To Raise Children Of Character {Project Braveheart}

I’m Raising A Braveheart. Hear Me ROOOAAARRRR! What matters most on your list of parenting aspirations? Or do you have a parenting vision and mission statement? Is Loving Children Just About the...

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Learning To Be Mum From My Almost-5

Hmm. On Tuesday morning, my oldest said, “Mah-meee… you’re really bad at thinking.” Then he proceeded to tell me why I should not have done something ( cannot recall what, think was some cardboard...

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Living With A Child Battling Cancer

In this post, I have invited Joanne Poon, the author of ‘Brave Maeve’ and the producer of ‘Brave Maeve: The Musical‘, to share with us her personal battle with her daughter’s cancer. Her daughter,...

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Why Even Camera-Shy Moms Should Do Family Portraits

After having been a mom for 5 years, I have come to love being photographed with my children as much as photographing them. Children just grow all too quickly. All too quickly out of their cherubic...

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What’s Wrong With The World’s Best Education System?

Even though I am a former education service officer with the Ministry of Education (Singapore) aka teacher, I find it most difficult to write about education in Singapore. Why Talking About Education...

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Talking About Marriage To A Kid

Photo credit & Source: hands with love on Free desktop backgrounds   How early do you begin teaching your children about dating and marriage? And how early should you start discussing the criteria...

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SG Education: A Survivor’s Tale

In response to my recent post, What’s Wrong With The World’s Best Education System, a reader left me this powerful story of his journey from despair and desperation to hope in my comment  box. I am...

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Notes on Disobedience & Defiance

Time does fly. When I watch my children or listen to them speak, I sometimes marvel at the sort of grown-up things they do. But more often than not, I seem to get more exasperated by what seems to be...

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Love Notes

If you’ve read my recent Notes on Disobedience and Defiance, you will know I’m on a personal challenge and quest to redirect my tongue towards more profitable uses. You know, like not using it to lash...

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  So okay, I’ve been a mother – and a so-called ‘Stay Home’ one – for coming 6 years. While I cannot and dare not claim I’m a better stay-home mom now than before, I do dare say that I’m getting better...

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